October 9-18, 2025 | Timms Centre for the Arts
The Moors
by Jen Silverman
An isolated family dreams of love and power as they live out their lives on the bleak English moors. The sudden arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set the household on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and creating a legacy by whatever means necessary.
Showtimes:
- Oct. 9 (preview) | 7:30 p.m.
- Oct 10 (opening) | 7:30 p.m.
- Oct. 11 | 7:30 p.m.
- Oct. 15 | 6:30 p.m. (talkback following the performance)
- Oct. 16 (matinee) | 12:30 p.m.
- Oct. 16 | 7:30 p.m.
- Oct. 17 | 7:30 p.m.
- Oct. 18 (matinee) | 1:30 p.m.
- Oct. 18 | 7:30 p.m.
- No shows | October 12, 13 & 14
Director:
MFA Directing Candidate Alissa Watson*
Designers:
Robert Shannon (Set, Props and Costume Design), T. Erin Gruber (Lighting and Projections Design), Matthew Skopyk (Composer and Sound Design)
Stage manager:
Keith Lonsberry
Performers:
Alexandra Dawkins*, Gillian Moon*, Travis Edwards, Gabi Stachniak, Katie O’Keefe, and Tori Kibblewhite
* Alexandra Dawkins, Gillian Moon and Alissa Watson appear with the permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy (DOT).
Content Advisory:
Please be advised that this production contains:
- flashing lights
- one instance of strobe lighting
- simulated violence
- mentions of suicide
- insinuated sexual violence
- stylized blood
- theatrical haze and fog
- substantial saturated colours
- thunder, loud sound effects and bossanova
Runtime:
The Moors runs roughly 1 hour and 50 minutes with no intermission.
October 15 | Talkback Session
Rediscovering literary inspirations of The Moors with Dr. Sinnema
Dr. Peter Sinnema, a Victorianist by training and inclination, has taught numerous courses in nineteenth-century British literature both here at the 海角社区 and at York University. Stay back after the show on October 15th for a talkback with Dr. Sinnema, Alissa Watson, and Macy Mccubbing as they discuss Jen Silverman's mysterious play, and explore real-life Victorian icons such as the Brontë sisters that loosely inspire this story, other Victorian literature and how it influenced Studio Theatre's The Moors.
Find Exclusive Online Content At Dramaturgy: Dig Deeper
Visit uab.ca/digdeeper and Dig Deeper into the world of The Moors with specially curated exclusive online content, including:
- Company Headshots and Bios
- Excerpts from Alissa Watson’s MFA Directing Thesis, Who is Jen Silverman? and Gothic Literature and its Connection to The Moors
- Moors as a Gothic Dichotomy, an essay by Macy Mccubbing
- Edmonton Public Library Guest Picks feature
- Curated links
- Director's Note
View the PDF Playbill
“The Moors” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. | Off-Broadway premiere produced by The Playwrights Realm (Katherine Kovner, Artistic Director; Roberta Pereira, Producing Director) in January 2017 | World Premiere produced by Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut (James Bundy, Artistic Director Victoria Nolan, Managing Director)